This week’s score card is focused on the most accurate sources for Wide Receivers in Week 8. If you need help deciding which WRs to play for Week 9 these sources may be your best option.
So you understand how we arrive at these rankings, let us first provide details on our methodology.
Each week, FantasyXPERT analyzes more than 100 popular fantasy football Web sites to determine which have provided the best advice for a variety of categories (Player Rankings, Waiver Wire and Start & Sit) as well as the various positions (QB, RB, WR, TE, K). Accuracy is determined by comparing each sources pre-game rankings/advice vs. the players actual performance for the week (there’s a bit more to it but that’s the general formula we use). We translate player statistics into fantasy points using a standard scoring model most sites use as a default. To find out more information on our scoring model as well as how we compute source accuracy, please check out our FAQ section.
Alright, with that really exciting stuff behind us, let’s focus on Week 8 results:
Top 5 Sources for Ranking WRs in Week 8
- Fantasyfootballjournal.com – Tier 4
- Sofantasyfootball.com – Tier 4
- KFFL.com – Tier 2
- Fantasycafe.com – Tier 4
- ProFootballWeekly.com – Tier 2
*Tiers are based on Alexa Web rankings which take into account overall Web traffic to a site. For our purposes, Tier 1s are the most trafficked and Tier 4s are lesser trafficked Web sites. For a list of all sites that we track for the various categories as well as each site’s Tier, please visit our Weekly Snapshot Page.
Week 8 Most Accurate WR Ranking Breakdown by Tier
Most Accurate Group – Tier 2s
2nd Most Accurate – Tier 4s
3rd Most Accurate – Tier 1s
4th Most Accurate – Tier 3s
Interesting tidbits from Week 8
- Fantasyfootballjournal.com (a Tier 4) was 37% more accurate than the least accurate source…this 35-45% number seems to be a trend we see developing among all rankings.
- While most sources tend to rank similar WRs in rankings 1 to 8, the real difference in accuracy emerges in rankings 9+.
- The top rated Tier 1 source was Fanhouse.com which came in at #7 overall. Ahead of them were three Tier 4 and three Tier 2 sites.
Key Takeaway To Help You in Week 9
- The most accurate sources for WRs in Week 8 WERE NOT the most commonly used fantasy football Web sites. To get the extra edge (in some case more than 40% edge) you should dig deeper and use some of the lesser well-known, yet potentially more accurate sources for advice.
- For PREMIUM members ($9.95 for the season), you probably want to be looking at YTD overall and/or Historical accuracy (which includes 2008 data) as well since this gives you the broadest perspective possible. The Top 2 Most Accurate YTD sources are displayed with a fire in the Weekly Snapshot page and you can see this per position as well as per category.
By opening a FREE account at www.FantasyXPERT.com you will have access to a well organized summary of the 100+ sources we analyze, direct links to these source’s weekly projections as soon as they become available, and our XPERT Smart Rankings for Player Projections, Waiver Wire and Start & Sit advice. XPERT Smart rankings are a consensus ranking of the projections of only the most historically accurate sources that exist on the Web today.
Good luck in Week 9!
